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Unemployment benefit applications fall to 346K
WASHINGTON — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell 11,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 346,000, a level consistent with steady job growth. The Labor Department said Thursday […]
Applications for unemployment aid fall to 340K
WASHINGTON — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell 23,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 340,000, a level consistent with solid job growth. The less volatile four-week […]
Jobless aid applications fall to 5-year low
WASHINGTON — The number of Americans who applied for unemployment benefits fell by 4,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 323,000, a five-year low. Layoffs have returned to pre-recession levels, […]
Same-sex domestic partners to lose state benefits
WASHINGTON — Maryland state employees in a same-sex domestic partnership will soon be unable to include their partner or their partner’s children on their health insurance, now that the state […]
Think strategically about your company’s health benefits
A complicated, frustrating and costly issue for small business owners is only going to get more so.
Official: Obama proposes cuts to Social Security
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s proposed budget will call for reductions in the growth of Social Security and other benefit programs while still insisting on more taxes from the wealthy […]
Canby joins RCM&D
Tracie A. Canby has joined RCM&D's Employee Benefits Division as client executive.
T. Rowe Price unveils Social Security benefits evaluator
T. Rowe Price Inc., of Baltimore, a global investment management company, said it launched a new Social Security Benefits Evaluator to help individuals decide when and how to take Social Security, and how the federal social insurance program fits into their financial goals.
Plan for your family as well as your business
Estate planning is one of those things we all know we should do but don’t often get to.
Focus Section – Health Care: Benefits, Electives
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Unemployment applications up by 4,000
WASHINGTON — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits rose to a seasonally adjusted 367,000, a level consistent with only modest hiring. Weekly applications increased last week by 4,000 from […]
John J. Walters: Retirement benefits threaten to drown counties
It would be nice if the looming pension crisis that’s all over the news these days were only a federal or state issue. But the kind of underfunding and overspending that has already forced several counties around the nation to declare bankruptcy is one that faces every county in Maryland as well.
